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Camilla Martha Horn (25 April 1903 – 14 August 1996) was a German dancer and a film star of the silent and
sound era A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before ...
. She starred in several Hollywood films of the late 1920s and in a few British and Italian productions.


Biography

The daughter of a civil servant, Horn was educated as a dressmaker and worked at
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. In 1925, together with
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, she worked as an extra in the German film '' Madame Wants No Children'', and later she was seen in a musical review by director
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as "Gretchen" in
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production of ''
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''. In 1928 she sailed for Hollywood, where she played opposite
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in ''
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'' and '' Eternal Love''. She returned to Europe, and in the 1930s refused to follow the official line of the Nazis and was prosecuted for a monetary offense. After the war the British tribunal at Delmenhorst convicted her for minor offenses (among them travelling without permission) and she was imprisoned for three months at the women's prison in
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. From 1930 until her retirement in 1953, she remained a screen favorite in German, British, and Italian films, and late in life, she was invited to make her screen comeback, in the 1987's ''Schloss Konigswald''. She spent her old age at Herrsching, and died at Gilching near Starnberg, where she had lived during the last year of her life. Between April 1972 and February 1973 a song was written about her by the then-unsigned
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. This still-unreleased song surfaced in the 1990s on a bootleg, "Early Years".


Awards

*1987
Bavarian Film Awards The Bavarian Film Awards (german: Bayerischer Filmpreis) have been awarded annually since 1979 by the state government of Bavaria in Germany for “exceptional achievement in German filmmaking.” Along with the German Film Awards, these are th ...
, Best Actres


Selected filmography

* ''Kean'' (1921) * ''
Ways to Strength and Beauty ''Ways to Strength and Beauty'' (german: Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit) is a 1925 German cultural film directed by Wilhelm Prager. The 125 minute full-length silent film was produced by Ufa-Kulturabteilung of Weimar Germany. The film was first ...
'' (1925) - (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1925) * ''
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'' (1926) - Gretchen / Marguerite * '' Madame Wants No Children'' (1926) - Dancer * '' The Bordellos of Algiers'' (1927) - Adrienne Brisson * ''
Eva and the Grasshopper ''Eva and the Grasshopper'' (German: ''Jugendrausch'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Georg Asagaroff and Wladyslaw Starewicz and starring Camilla Horn, Gustav Fröhlich, and Warwick Ward.Krautz p. 361 The film's art direction was by ...
'' (1927) - Camille de Saxe * '' The Merry Vineyard'' (1927) - Clärchen Gunderloch * '' The Tempest'' (1928) - Princess Tamara * '' Eternal Love'' (1929) - Ciglia * '' Three Around Edith'' (1929) - Lady Edith Trent * ''
The Royal Box ''The Royal Box'' (German: ''Die Königsloge'') is a 1929 American historical film directed by Bryan Foy and starring Alexander Moissi, Camilla Horn and Lew Hearn.Schaudig p.122 It is an adaptation of the play ''Kean'' by Alexandre Dumas about t ...
'' (1929) - Alice Doren * ''
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'' (1930) - Diane D'Artois * ''Fundvogel'' (1930) - Esther * ''
Morals at Midnight ''Morals at Midnight'' (german: Moral um Mitternacht) is a 1930 German romance film directed by Marc Sorkin and starring Gustav Diessl, Camilla Horn and Vladimir Sokoloff.Rentschler p. 277 The film's sets were designed by Heinrich Richter. Cast ...
'' (1930) - Nelly Wendt * ''
The Great Longing ''The Great Longing'' (german: Die große Sehnsucht) is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Steve Sekely in his directorial debut and starring Camilla Horn, Theodor Loos, and Harry Frank. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's ...
'' (1930) - Eva von Loe * ''
Hans in Every Street ''Hans in Every Street'' (german: Hans in allen Gassen) is a 1930 German crime film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Hans Albers, Camilla Horn, and Betty Amann Philippine Amann (10 March 1905 – 2 or 3 August 1990), known professi ...
'' (1930) - Elisabeth, seine Braut * ''
Sunday of Life ''Sunday of Life'' (German: ''Sonntag des Lebens'') is a 1931 American drama film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Camilla Horn, Willy Clever and Oscar Marion.Gevinson p.328 It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris by Paramount Pictures ...
'' (1931) - Ellen Hobart * ''
The Song of the Nations ''The Song of the Nations'' (German: ''Das Lied der Nationen'') is a 1931 German musical film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Camilla Horn, Igo Sym and Betty Amann. A separate French-language version ''La chanson des nations'' was also pr ...
'' (1931) * ''
I Go Out and You Stay Here ''I Go Out and You Stay Here'' (german: Ich geh' aus und Du bleibst da) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Camilla Horn, Berthe Ostyn, and Hermine Sterler. A separate French-language film was also produced. The ...
'' (1931) - Gaby, Mannequin * ''
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'' (1931) - Lydia Thorne * ''
The Night Without Pause ''The Night Without Pause'' (german: Die Nacht ohne Pause) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Andrew Marton and Franz Wenzler and starring Sig Arno, Camilla Horn and Max Adalbert.Waldman p. 193 It was made by the German subsidiary of Unive ...
'' (1931) - Letta Larbo * ''
The Five Accursed Gentlemen ''The Five Accursed Gentlemen'' (german: Die fünf verfluchten Gentlemen) is a 1932 French mystery drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Anton Walbrook, Camilla Horn and Jack Trevor.Bock & Bergfelder p. 538 It was made as the Germa ...
'' (1932) - Camilla * ''
The Cheeky Devil ''The Cheeky Devil'' (german: Der Frechdachs) is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and Heinz Hille and starring Willy Fritsch, Camilla Horn and Ralph Arthur Roberts.Waldman p. 46 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and ...
'' (1932) - Alice Ménard * '' The Return of Raffles'' (1932) - Elga * ''
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'' (1933) - Vera * '' Rund um eine Million'' (1933) - Lilly * ''
The Rakoczi March ''The Rakoczi March'' (german: Rakoczy-Marsch) is a 1933 drama film directed by Gustav Fröhlich and Steve Sekely and starring Fröhlich, Leopold Kramer and Camilla Horn. It was a co-production between Austria, Germany and Hungary.Dassano ...
'' (1933) - Vilma * '' The Love Nest'' (1933) - Fifi * '' Matinee Idol'' (1933) - Sonia Vance * ''
If I Were King ''If I Were King'' is a 1938 American biographical and historical film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet François Villon, and featuring Basil Rathbone and Frances Dee. It is based on the 1901 play and novel, both of the same name, by Jus ...
'' (1934) - Inge Winkler * '' The Double'' (1934) - Jenny Miller * '' The Big Chance'' (1934) - Helga, seine Tochter * ''
The Luck of a Sailor ''The Luck of a Sailor'' is a 1934 British romance film directed by Robert Milton and starring Greta Nissen, David Manners and Clifford Mollison. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.78 Cast * Greta Nissen as Queen Helena * David Manners as C ...
'' (1934) - Louise * ' (1934) - Fürstin Stefanie * ''
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'' (1934) - Vera, ihre Nichte * '' Ich sehne mich nach dir'' (1934) - Ivonne Brandt * ''
The Red Rider ''The Red Rider'' is a 1934 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures and starring Buck Jones. It has 15 chapters based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle, and is a remake of Buck Jones' earlier 1931 film '' ...
'' (1935) - Hasia Nowrowska * ''
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'' (1937) - Manja - seine Tochter * '' Sein letztes Modell'' (1937) - Maria Várady * '' Crooks in Tails'' (1937) - Vera Dalmatoff * '' Travelling People'' (1938) - Pepita * ''
Red Orchids ''Red Orchids'' (german: Rote Orchideen) is a 1938 German crime film directed by Nunzio Malasomma Nunzio Malasomma (4 February 1894 – 12 January 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1923 a ...
'' (1938) - Baronin Ogolenska * '' In geheimer Mission'' (1938) - Marion * '' Roman eines Arztes'' (1939) - Käthe Üding - seine Frau * ''
Central Rio ''Central Rio'' (German: ''Zentrale Rio'') is a 1939 German crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Leny Marenbach, Camilla Horn and Ita Rina.Noack p.157 The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. It was shot at th ...
'' (1939) - Diane Mercier * ''
Polterabend Polterabend is a German wedding custom in which, on the night before the wedding, the guests break porcelain to bring luck to the couple's marriage. The belief in the effectiveness of this custom is expressed by the old adage: "Shards bring luck" ...
'' (1940) - Lissi * '' Herz ohne Heimat'' (1940) - Dina Horster * '' Die letzte Runde'' (1940) - Lilly * ' (1940) - Renée Lemonier * '' Friedemann Bach'' (1941) - Mariella Fiorini * '' Vertigine'' (1942) - Corinna Dellys, l'amante di Alberto * '' Paura d'amare'' (1942) - Barberina / Zia Barbara * '' Angelo del crepuscolo'' (1942) - Anna * '' Seine beste Rolle'' (1944) - Elise Sander * '' Intimitäten'' (1948) - Helene * ''
Search for Majora ''Search for Majora'' (german: Gesucht wird Majora) is a 1949 West German crime film directed by Hermann Pfeiffer and starring Lotte Koch, Hermann Speelmans and Camilla Horn.Davidson & Hake p. 60 The film's sets were designed by the art direct ...
'' (1949) - Gritt Faller * '' Queen of the Arena'' (1952) - Diana Bianca, Dompteuse * '' Father Is Being Stupid'' (1953) - Baronin von Baran * '' Appointment in Beirut'' (1969) - Mrs. Evelyn Brown * '' Wer weint denn schon im Freudenhaus?'' (1970) - Paula * '' Immer bei Vollmond'' (1970) - Wegelins Mutter * ''
Der Unsichtbare ''Der Unsichtbare'' (German for "The Invisible") is a 1987 German comedy film starring Klaus Wennemann, Barbara Rudnik and (in a non-singing role) the German popstar Nena. Plot Peter Benjamin ( Klaus Wennemann), a successful middle-aged te ...
'' (1987) - Olga Benjamin * ''
Schloß Königswald ''Schloss'' (; pl. ''Schlösser''), formerly written ''Schloß'', is the German language, German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house. Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian langu ...
'' (1988) - FürstinGroßmutter


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Horn, Camilla 1903 births 1996 deaths Actors from Frankfurt German film actresses German silent film actresses 20th-century German actresses